Noninvasive identification of the unstable carotid plaque

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-174

  Lal, Brajesh K ^a   Hobson II, Robert W ^a   Hameed, Meera ^a   Pappas, Peter J ^a   Padberg Jr , Frank T ^a   Jamil, Zafar ^a   Durán, Walter N ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAROTID PLAQUE RUPTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMUSCULAR TISSUE; FLOW LUMEN DISTANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAPLAQUE BLEEDING; LIPID CORE; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PIXEL DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUPTURE; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE; UNSTABLE CAROTID ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE;

EID: 33646528233     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-006-9000-8     Document Type: Article

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